Quotes about Connection
Golden children ran wild over a field of dead great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers, and the bones must have wanted to rise up and knock together and rattle with joy. I have never seen a town that gave so much—so much of what counts—to its children. More than anything else I wished I belonged to one of these living, celebrated families, lush as plants, with bones in the ground for roots. I wanted pollen on my cheeks and one of those calcium ancestors to decorate as my own.
— Barbara Kingsolver
We're only what we are: a woman cycling with the moon, and a tribe of men trying to have sex with the sky.
— Barbara Kingsolver
How you treat the one reveals how you regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one.
— Stephen Covey
The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.
— Stephen Covey
people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.
— Stephen Covey
The core of any family is what is changeless, what is going to be there??shared vision and values.
— Stephen Covey
To retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent.
— Stephen Covey
Most believe that the key to influence is communication—getting your point across clearly and speaking persuasively. In fact, if you think about it, don't you find that, while others are speaking to you, instead of really listening to understand, you are often busy preparing your response?
— Stephen Covey
My friend, love is a verb. Love—the feeling—is a fruit of love, the verb. So love her.
— Stephen Covey
The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them—when they feel understood by you—that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open. But most people are too vulnerable emotionally to listen deeply—to suspend their agenda long enough to focus on understanding before they communicate their own ideas.
— Stephen Covey
Principle of making what is important to the other person as important to you as the other person is to you.
— Stephen Covey
The core of any family is what is changeless, what is always going to be there—shared vision and values.
— Stephen Covey